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Ultralight Backpacking Headlamp Built into Cap

I love gadgets. The latest, from a newspaper clipping my wife dropped on my desk, is a cap with four LED lights built in (sample at left has only two, but the Amazon.com version below has four). One of the reasons I became a ultralight backpacker, besides the weight reduction, was the elimination of stuff from my backpack. It would take many paragraphs to describe all the items I carried when I first started backpacking in 1998. Let me assure you, you can put huge amounts in a 5,800 cubic inch, 7.5 pound Dana Design Terraplane: 60 pounds or more, in fact. As they say, less is more.Â &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; has a powerful light for camp or trail and an easy to reach switch connected to a water-resistant cap. This is a perfect Christmas gift for the finicky backpacker — and just about all of them are. I’ve tested about eight different types of lights and this is a pretty reasonable approach to getting light.&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; Be light. Be safe. Be one with the pack.

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Another great way to achieve this if you have a Photon flashlight: if you attach velcro to the Photon and velcro to the brim of your hat, you can attach the Photon to the brim of the hat — like a headlamp but much much lighter.